Re: [boost] Incompatible Boost license file in boost.container

Subject: Re: [boost] Incompatible Boost license file in boost.container
From: Hartmut Kaiser (hartmut.kaiser_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-09-10 18:31:34

> >> I was looking at boost.container, and found that
> >> boost/container/deque.hpp has similar problems as
> >> boost/detail/endian.hpp had before that was fixed. Parts of deque.hpp
> >> seem to be covered by a license that is not compatible with the Boost
> >> software license. I quote:
> >>
> >> // Copyright (c) 1996,1997
> >> // Silicon Graphics Computer Systems, Inc.
> >
> > I think there is no SGI code left in boost::deque after so many rewrites
> > and modifications. The notice was removed from all other containers but
> > I missed this for some reason.
> >
> > Just googling a bit I've found that Boost.concept_check also has a SGI
> > copyright notice:
> >
> > http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_54_0/doc/html/idp12138272-
> bb.html#concepts.reference
> 
> There are actually many hits for "Silicon Graphics" all over Boost.
> 
> boost/container/deque.hpp
> boost/container/string.hpp
> boost/detail/algorithm.hpp
> boost/detail/binary_search.hpp
> boost/interprocess/streams/bufferstream.hpp
> boost/interprocess/streams/vectorstream.hpp
> boost/intrusive/rbtree_algorithms.hpp
> boost/multi_array/algorithm.hpp
> boost/multi_index/detail/ord_index_node.hpp
> boost/multi_index/detail/ord_index_ops.hpp
> boost/multi_index/ordered_index.hpp
> boost/tr1/detail/config_all.hpp
>
> boost/wave/util/flex_string.hpp

I removed the offending code from Wave.

Regards Hartmut
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> Hello,
> 
> Is it possible for the various maintainers to make an effort to get rid of
> all of these eventually? It makes using Boost a bit of a mine field in
> terms
> of licensing, since these two licenses are incompatible.
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Philip Bennefall
> 
> 
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